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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

HUGH A. LEMON, or UNIoNTowN, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,417, dated May 19,1896.

Application led September 19, 1895. Serial No. 563,023. (No model.) 4

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH A. LEMON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Uniontown, in the county of Fayette and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGrips; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in gripsdesigned more especially for the use of gripping a cable to a wagon ortrain-as, for instance, in coke or coal regions where the endless-ropesystem is in use.

It has for its object, among others, to provide a simple and cheap gripwhich can be applied by the hauler standing on the front of the car, itbeing necessaryl only to manipulate a small wrench which tightens thegrip on the cable.

The device in itself is very simple in its nature, composed of few partsand those readily assembled and easily operated.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appearand the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my improvedgrip. Fig. 2 is an end view, and Fig. 3 a vertical section through thebolt. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of the upper end of the movable jawand the bolt engaging therewith.

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Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates themain or body portion of the device, which terminates at its lower end ina jaw B, the upper face of which is preferably rounded or concaved, asseen best in Fig. 2, while upon the rear face or edge is a rib a,designed to enable the grip to pass around either a right or left handsheave. To the forward end of this body portion is bolted or otherwisefirmly secured a hook C, adapted to engage in the front coupling of thefirst car, and upon the side of the said body portion is mounted toslide the movable jaw D, held in place by the plate E, secured to thebody portion by bolts or other suitable means and embracing the movablejaw, forming a guide therefor in its movements. The shank of the movablejaw is provided with an inverted-T- shaped slot or groove d, into whichengages the round head e of a bolt E', which is threaded upward throughthe overhanging portion A of the body part of the device, and its upperend is made square or otherwise to receive a removable wrench F. Inpractice the device is placed over the cable and the hook engaged in thecoupling on the front car. The hauler then, while standing on the frontof the car, places the wrench on the upper end of the bolt and byscrewing it down moves the movable part of the grip or clutch downwardand tightens the grip on the cable. A reverse movement of the screwdisengages the clutch and allows the cable to pass loosely therethrough.It will thus be seen that by my improved form of grip the same may beapplied to the cable without the necessity of the hauler standing on theground in front of the car and endangering his life, as has beennecessary by prior forms -of grips for this purpose. The long bearingwhich the grip has upon the cable prevents the latter from kinking. Thehook that engages in the coupling on the car is bent in such shape thatit will hold back on a downgrade, pushing farther through the couplingand raising the cable.

The rib on the back of the grip serves to keep the rope and grip fromrising over the top of the sheave When the grip is passing the latter,it being understood that the sheaves are larger at the top, which keepsthe grip and rope down, the other side of the grip having the rope. Therope takes the place of the rib when the grip leaves the sheave.

The head c of the bolt E is round, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, so as toallow the bolt to be turned in the opening in the upper end of themovable jaw D, as will be best understood from reference to Fig. 4.

What I claim as new is- 1. The improved grip described, consisting of abody portion with a fixed jaw and a hook, and an adjustable jawcoperatino` with the fixed jaw to hold the cable, the fixed-fj aw hav-IOO in g a rib on its rear face, substantially as described.

i. The combination with the body portion having a jaw and a hook at itsfront end, of a vertical movable jaw, a bolt engaged therewith, and aguard covering the shank of the movable jaw and a Wrench for turningsaid bolt, substantially as described.

3. The Combination With the body portion having a jaw and a hook at itsfront end, of a vertically-movable jaw, a bolt engaged therewith, aWrench for turning said bolt, and a guide and guard plate eoverin g theshank of the movable jaw, substantially as described.

4l. The combination with the body portion

